Former President Jimmy Carter will sit down for a conversation Monday evening with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that will be live streamed on the Carter Center's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/cartercenter). 

Focusing on “important human rights issues,” the sure-to-be lively exchange is scheduled to start at 6:20 p.m. A highlight of Day One of the Carter Center’s annual Human Rights Defenders Forum, it is not open to the public.

 RELATED:  In conversation: Bernie Sanders, Jimmy Carter

More than 70 activists, peacemakers, and community leaders from 31 countries will convene May 8 - 9 “to discuss strategies for protecting human rights in the wake of rising authoritarianism.”

RELATED: Jimmy Carter: I hope Donald Trump reinvigorates women’s movement

Channel 2's Carl Willis share more of what the former President had to say about the upcoming election.

For additional information on the forum and other session webcasts, visit www.cartercenter.org.

About the Author

Keep Reading

In 2016, Kevin Rowson left TV after 30-plus years and joined the FBI in Atlanta as a public affairs officer. (Twitter profile photo, 2016)

Credit: Rodney Ho

Featured

This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Credit: Corey Bullard/AP